Last summer, Lee Johnson transformed a Bristol City side who had just survived a potential relegation from the Sky Bet Championship.

The likes of Lee Tomlin, Hordur Magnusson, Ivan Lucic, Callum O’Dowda, Josh Brownhill and Gary O’Neil were all brought in as Johnson added over ten senior players to the ranks.

We all know how this season panned out and as Johnson added four major signings in January, a five-game unbeaten run towards the end of the campaign again sealed their status in English football’s second tier for a second successive season.

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The transfer rumour mill is already in full flow and stories involving current City players, and players linked with the Robins, have started doing the rounds.

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“I can’t give any assurances to be honest,” said Johnson. “We know what football’s like.

“This happens at Man Utd, Bristol City or Rochdale if a club comes up with a figure that’s big enough to matches the club’s valuation.

“If you feel that the player wants to go – and the player’s quadrupling their wages – and you’ve got a couple of players you can bring in that will be better or better in the future then it’s again just part of football.

“You try and guard against that by giving your better players new contracts, like we did with Aden at the start of the season.”

Flint penned a new deal in December which ties him to the club until 2020.

Interested: West Brom, West Ham, Aston Villa, West Brom, Derby County

Joe Bryan

Joe Bryan

The most recent player to be linked with a summer transfer.

Backwell-born Bryan was Lee Johnson’s first-choice left back this season as he produced five assists and one goal to help City finish 17 in the Championship.

Everton have shown interest before but that move never came to fruition.

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The Mirror claim that Bryan is rated at £2.5m by the Robins, who have also played him in midfield in the past.

Bryan, who made his debut in 2012, is contracted to the club until 2019.

It seems more likely that Bryan’s rival full-back Scott Golbourne will be sold this summer having made just 24 appearances this season – his last coming in February against Fulham.

Interested: Derby County, Sunderland

Lee Tomlin, Hordur Magnusson, Gustav Envgall

Lee Tomlin

We’re not for one minute suggesting any of these three could leave BS3 – but a lot of chatter between fans has pointed at a possible departure for perhaps Lee Tomlin, and at a stretch Hordur Magnusson, who has become a fans’ favourite since joining from Juventus.

We will come back to Gustav Engvall.

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As for Tomlin, the former Peterborough, Middlesbrough and Bournemouth player, he faded out of the picture towards the end of the season, while his seven goals and six assists hardly warrants what you would call a massively successful season – especially when you consider how hard City fought to sign him last summer

It’s unclear whether the attacking midfielder will be part of Lee Johnson’s plans next summer and while there is no questioning his sheer class and talent, could the Robin cash in?

Hordur Magnusson

Magnusson, meanwhile, is a player that represents a strange situation for Johnson. He featured prominently during the first half of the campaign but was limited to six appearances in 2017 as Bailey Wright was preferred alongside Aden Flint.

As for Engvall, could he find himself out on loan in League One when he returns from Sweden? Or will City cut their losses and try and sell the striker, who has bagged five goals in eight games for Djurgarden this season?